Potter, Lawrence G.

Lawrence G. Potter has been Deputy Director of Gulf/2000 since 1994 and has taught at Columbia University since 1996, where he is Adjunct Associate Professor of International Affairs. A graduate of Tufts College, he received an M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and a Ph.D. in History (1992) from Columbia University. He taught in Iran for four years before the revolution and from 1984 to 1992 was Senior Editor at the Foreign Policy Association. He specializes in Iranian history and U.S. policy toward the Middle East. He co-edit...